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Employment
Family
Health Care Resources
Health Resources
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resources
Non-Profit Development Resources
Political Resources
Regional Reports
Safety Resources
Women's History Resources
Women's Issues Resources
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Employment
Organization: Idealist.org Action Without Borders
Address: 79 Fifth Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10003
Email: info@idealist.org
Website: http://www.idealisit.org
Description: Idealist.org is a portal for everyone interested in nonprofit organizations and issues, nonprofit careers, and volunteering. Idealist provides numerous services to the global community (almost all of them for free) in an effort to connect people, resources and nonprofits around the world.
Organization: National Association of Women Business Owners
Address: 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102
Phone: 1-800-555-NAWBO
Email: national@nawbo.org
Website: http://www.nawbo.org
Description: NAWBO is the only dues-based national organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs in all industries.
Organization: U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau
Address: 200 Constitution Ave NW, Room S-3002, Washington,
Phone: 1-800-827-5335
Email: Women'sBureauNetwork@dol.gov
Website: http://www.dol.gov/wb/
Description: Promotes profitable employment opportunities for women, to empower them by enhancing their skills and improving their working conditions, and to provide employers with more alternatives to meet their labor needs.
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Family
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Health Care Resources
Organization: Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Address: 10 East Athens Avenue; Suite 204, Ardmore, PA 19003
Phone: 610-645-4567 and Survivors Helpline: 1-888-753-LBBC
Email: info@lbbc.org
Website: http:// www.lbbc.org
Description: Living Beyond Breast Cancer is an educational and support organization committed to empowering women affected by breast cancer to live as long as possible with the best quality of life.
Organization: Maternity Care Coalition
Website: http://www.momobile.org/
Description: Improves maternal and child health and wellbeing.
Organization: Planned Parenthood
Website: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Description: Planned Parenthood Interactive
Organization: The Maternal and Child Health Consortium
Address: 30 W. Barnard Street, Suite 1, West Chester, PA 19382
Phone: (610) 344-5370
Email: mchc@ccmchc.org
Website: http:// www.ccmchc.org
Description: To improve maternal and child health in Chester County through the collaborative efforts of individuals, providers, and policy makers.
Organization: Women's Therapy Center
Website: http://www.womenstherapycenter.org
Description: Private, nonprofit mental health center for adults.
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Health Resources
Organization: Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Address: 10 E Athens Avenue, Suite 204, Ardmore, PA 19003
Phone: 610-645-4567
Email: mail@lbbc.org
Website: www.lbbc.org
Organization: Menopause and Black Cohosh Information Center
Website: http://www.menopause-black-cohosh.org
Description: Menopause can be a thing of the past when you know how to effectively conquer it! Explore the Menopause and Black Cohosh Information Center today and learn everything you can about getting over Menopause. When you arm yourself with information, nothing can get in your way.
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resources
Organization: Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC)
Address: 1640 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036-3278
Phone: 202-628-4160
Email: hrc@hrc.org
Website: http://www.hrc.org
Description: HRC FamilyNet is a website maintained by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation devoted to the issues of concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families.
Organization: Mountain Meadow
Address: 1315 Spruce Street, Suite 411, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-772-1107 Phone, 215-772-0313 Fax
Email: inquiries@mountainmeadow.org
Website: http://www.mountainmeadow.org
Description: Mountain Meadow is a progressive and diverse community dedicated to providing a supportive and safe space for all children of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) and other non-traditional families and their allies.
Organization: National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
Address: 870 Market St., Suite 370, San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-392-6257
Email: info@nclrights.org
Website: http://www.nclrights.org
Description: NCLR is a national legal resource center with a primary commitment to advancing the rights and safety of lesbians and their families through a program of litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education. In addition, NCLR provides representation and resources to gay men, and bisexual and transgender individuals on key issues that also significantly advance lesbian rights.
Organization: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Address: 1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-393-5177
Website: http://www.thetaskforce.org
Description: Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation (the Task Force) was the first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization and remains the movement's leading voice for freedom, justice and equality. They work to build the grassroots political strength of our community by training state and local activists and leaders, working to strengthen the infrastructure of state and local allies, and organizing broad-based campaigns to build public support for complete equality for LGBT people.
Organization: Pridelinks
Website: http://www.pridelinks.com
Description: The exquisite Gay Lesbian Bi and Transgender search engine! This site provides links, resources, information and support to gay and lesbian resources.
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Non-Profit Development Resources
Organization: Internet Nonprofit Center
Website: http://www.nonprofits.org/
Organization: Nonprofit Finance Fund/nff
Address: 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 1918
Phone: 215.546.9426
Email: Philadelphia@nffusa.org
Website: http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org
Description: Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) has helped nonprofits match their passion
and dedication with financial strength and sustainability. NFF provides impartial analysis and flexible, frequently unsecured, financing that nonprofits typically can't get from other sources. Nationwide,
NFF works with over 170 funders including financial institutions, foundations and government agencies to develop new ways of meeting the capital growth needs of the nonprofit sector.
They make loans for facility projects, such as new construction, leasehold improvements and relocation, and for other growth-related needs, such as working capital. NFF also provide planning assistance through the NFFNonprofit Business Analysis and workshops to help you chart your organization's course.
Organization: Philanthropy Journal Online
Website: http://www.philanthropy-journal.org/
Organization: The Foundation Center Online
Website: http://fdncenter.org/
Organization: The Grantsmanship Center
Website: http://www.tgci.com/
Organization: The Nonprofit Center
Address: La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141
Phone: 215-951-1701
Email: nonprofitcenter@lasalle.edu
Website: http://www.lasallenonprofitcenter.org
Description: Since 1981, The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University works to strengthen the management and governance infrastructures of nonprofits throughout the Delaware Valley. Since our first program began. The Center helps nonprofits enhance their own capacity to govern, manage and perform more effectively.
Organization: Women & Philanthrophy
Address: 1629 K Street NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-887-9660
Email: cvillegas@womenphil.org
Website: http://www.womenphil.org
Description: Women & Philanthrophy provides leadership for foundations and philanthropists to create a more caring and just world through the full engagement of women and girls. With over 500 active members, Women and Philanthropy is one of the oldest and largest national funder networks, and is dedicated to advocacy on issues affecting women and girls and social change funding. Women & Philanthropy works to foster a safer and smarter world by empowering diverse leadership and promoting equitable funding.
Organization: Women's Philanthropy Institute
Address: 550 W North Street, Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-274-4200
Email: info@women-philanthropy.org
Website: www.women-philanthropy.org
Description: The Women's Philanthropy Institute was formed to help women gain confidence in their capabilities as financial donors and to inspire women to fulfill their philanthropic potential.
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Political Resources
Organization: Pennsylvania Department of State - VotesPA!
Website: http://www.votespa.com
Description: VotesPA! is the Pennsylvania Department of State's online voter information center. This site was designed to inform the voters and the election officials throughout the Commonwealth on a wide variety of matters related to elections.
Organization: The White House Project
Website: http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/
Description: Dedicated to advancing womens leadership.
Organization: Vote, Run, Lead - The White House Project
Website: http://www.voterunlead.org
Description: Vote, Run, Lead is a national nonpartisan mobilization initiative to activate young American women to engage in political participation - from voting to running for political office - through a multi-state cultural performance and political leadership training tour; a comprehensive political engagement and leadership empowerment website; a widespread awareness campaign using multimedia public service announcements; and an extensive grassroots organizing campaign.
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Regional Reports
Organization: Boards with Women Show Increased Performance
Website: http://www.ey.com/Global/assets.nsf/International/Groundbreakers/$file/Groundbreakers.pdf
Organization: Maternity Care Coalition
Address: 2000 Hamilton Street, Suite 205, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: 215.972.0700
Email: mcc@MOMobile.org
Website: http://www.momobile.org
Description: The Maternity Care Coalition has recently released a report called Childbirth at a Crossroads: The Status of Maternal Care in Southeastern Pennsylvania. View it at http://www.momobile.org/pdf/MCC_Childbirth%20at%20a%20Crossroads.pdf
Organization: Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project
Address: Gladfelter Hall, Temple University, 1115 West Berks Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: (215) 204-9073
Website: http://www.temple.edu/mpip/
Description: This project aims to promote regional thinking about important challenges by creating annually a report to the Greater Philadelphia region that combines two types of information. The first is a set of social, environmental, and economic indicators that track important trends in the region, particularly indicators portraying the quality of life in the region’s communities. The second type of information comes from an annual household survey conducted by Temple’s Institute for Survey Research which asks respondents across the region how they see the quality of life in their communities either improving or declining.
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Safety Resources
Organization: Safe Smart Women, Inc. (S2W)
Address: S2W, Inc., 1201 Noyes Drive, Silver Spring, MD 209
Phone: 410-562-1008
Email: info@s2w.org
Website: http://www.s2w.org
Description: S2W empowers young women.
Organization: Women's Anti-Violence Education (WAVE)
Address: 1501 Cherry St. Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: (215) 241 5720
Email: aware1@afsc.org
Website: http:// www.waveselfdefense.org
Description: Women's Anti-Violence Education builds the power of individuals, families, and communities in the greater Philadelphia area to respond effectively to sexual and gender-based violence. WAVE teaches safety, assertiveness, and self-defense; provide accurate information about harassment, assault, and abuse; and challenge the attitudes and systems that perpetuate violence. WAVE's trainings are accessible to and inclusive of all women, girls, and other groups targeted for sexual and gender-based violence, regardless of age, physical ability, income, culture, or background.
Organization: Working to Halt Online Abuse (WHOA)
Phone: 561-828-2801
Website: http://www.haltabuse.org
Description: The mission of WHOA is to educate the Internet community about online harassment, empower victims of harassment, and formulate voluntary policies that systems administrators can adopt in order to create harassment-free environments. WHOA fully supports the right to free speech both online and off, but asserts that free speech is not protected when it involves threats to the emotional or physical safety of anyone. WHOA further asserts that online harassment is about power in a community: a power structure that has tended to accept or ignore harassment rather than actively seek to cease it.
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Women's History Resources
Organization: Herstory: Une Exposition/An Exhibition
Website: http://library.usask.ca/herstory/
Organization: Margaret Sanger Papers Project
Website: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/
Organization: National Women's History Project
Address: 3343 Industrial Drive, Suite #4, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: 707-636-2888
Email: nwhp@aol.com
Website: http://www.nwhp.org
Description: The National Women's History Project is an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.
Organization: Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History & C
Address: 126 Few Fed, Box 90920, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: 919-684-3897
Email: womenctr@duke.edu
Website: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/digital.html
Description: Duke University's online collection of archival women's history resources.
Organization: The National Women's Hall of Fame
Address: 76 Fall Street, P.O. Box 335, Seneca Falls, NY 131
Phone: 315-568-8060
Email: greatwomen@greatwomen.org
Website: http://www.greatwomen.org
Description: The Hall of Fame is a shrine to some of the greatest women in history.
Organization: Women Nobel Prize Laureates
Website: http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html/
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Women's Issues Resources
Organization: Avons Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade
Website: http://www.avon.com/about/awareness/crusade.html/
Organization: Face to Face International
Website: http://www.facetoface.org
Description:
Face to Face International is a strategic development organization that helps governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the developing world build the consensus, the coalitions and the capacity to achieve both the International Conference on Population and Development “Program of Action” goals and the Millennium Development Goals with a particular focus on universal access to sexual and reproductive healthcare as critical success factor in achieving population and development goals.
Organization: FeMiNa
Website: http://www.femina.com/
Description: A comprehensive, searchable directory of links.
Organization: Feminist Majority Foundation
Website: http://www.feminist.org/
Organization: Genocide Intervention Fund (GIF)
Phone: 518-527-6870
Website: http://www.GenocideInterventionFund.org
Description: GIF is a non-profit organization committed to ending the genocide in Darfur, Sudan where more than 400,000 people have died in Darfur since the start of the genocide in February 2003 and 2.5 million people have been displaced from their homes. This site provides excellent information about the Darfur Genocide, including up-to-date news briefs and links to articles, and many useful suggestions on how people can take action.
Organization: International Gender Organization
Website: http://www.genderwatchers.org/
Description: The International Gender Organization is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting social, educational, economic and political development that encourages women's full participation in the world in which they live.
Organization: iVillage
Website: http://www.ivillage.com/
Organization: National Organization for Women
Website: http://www.now.org
Organization: National Women's History Project
Website: http://www.nwhp.org/
Organization: The National Council for Research on Women
Address: 11 Hanover Square, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10005
Phone: 212-785-7335
Email: ncrw@ncrw.org
Website: http://www.ncrw.org
Description: Promotes visibility for feminist research.
Organization: Webactive
Website: http://www.webactive.com/
Organization: Women Entrepreneurs, Inc.
Website: http://www.we-inc.org/index.cfm
Description: WE Inc. is a nonprofit business association that works to improve and enhance the economic climate for women entrepreneurship. By advocating for policy solutions that encourage business ownership by women, and providing information and resources to entrepreneurs at all stages of their business development, WE Inc. aims to increase economic opportunity and financial security for those seeking the risky but rewarding path of entrepreneurship.
Organization: Women Leaders Online
Email: wlo@wlo.org
Website: http://wlo.org/
Description: The first and largest women's activist group on the internet - empowering women in politics, media, society, the economy and cyberspace.
Organization: Women's Calendar
Website: http://www.womenscalendar.org
Description: The Women's Calendar is the largest listing of women's events covering every possible venue, topic or issue important to women. Women's Calendar is a superb networking tool for women.
Organization: Women's Yellow Pages
Website: http://www.womens-pages.com/
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